With his guard up, Wada Hirayama simply did not give the Shadow Demon Worms a chance to self-destruct.

His aged body hovered in mid-air, his expression cold.

The tachi in his hand no longer aimed for sweeping, grand slashes, but became precise and deadly.

Saber Qi crisscrossed the sky, like a silver-threaded net of death, enveloping the entire expanse.

Every streak of Saber Qi accurately tore through the air, slicing swarms of Shadow Demon Worms into fragments a hundred meters away from him.

With every strike, the lives of tens of thousands of Shadow Demon Worms were harvested.

Dense black insect corpses plummeted from the sky, raining down noisily onto the streets and buildings below.

It was as if a bizarre rain of bugs had begun.

In the distance, Zhou Huai quietly observed the situation in the sky through the vision of the Information Bug.

The collapse of the insect tide was already within his expectations.

These Shadow Demon Worms were ultimately nothing more than cannon fodder hatched by the Hell-level BOSS, Abyssal Mother Bug Leviathan.

Their only tactical value was their willingness to self-destruct fearlessly.

Now that Wada Hirayama was prepared and prevented them from getting close, the self-destruct tactic was completely useless.

It was natural that they could not pose a threat to a peak expert of Wada Hirayama's caliber.

From Jiangning City all the way to Sakura Country.

The number of Shadow Demon Worms in Caesar's possession had been largely depleted.

Facing the formidable Wada Hirayama now, they were merely a drop in the bucket, and quickly dwindled to almost nothing.

"It seems that in order to stall this old man, I'll have to pay a serious price."

Zhou Huai snorted coldly in his heart, and his thoughts moved.

The next second, the space beneath the building suddenly tore open!

A pitch-black rift, seemingly capable of swallowing all light, appeared out of thin air.

A massive black silhouette flapped its wings and emerged from the spatial rift!

Its body, covered in hideous carapace, was so huge that its wingspan nearly covered half the sky.

"Hiss—!"

An earth-shattering shriek, loud enough to tear eardrums, echoed through the clouds!

It was precisely the Hell-level BOSS that Caesar had long since subdued.

Abyssal Mother Bug Leviathan!

At the same time, Professionals who had not yet evacuated in the distance immediately sensed this terrifying Aura originating from the Abyss.

They all turned their heads, looks of shock appearing on their faces.

What is going on?

A Hell-level BOSS?

Why would a Hell-level BOSS suddenly appear in Takamagahara?

Even Wada Hirayama’s normally placid face showed a hint of surprise.

He had originally thought that the one controlling this endless insect tide would be a powerful Insect Tamer.

He hadn't expected the opponent's true form to be a Level 50 Hell-level BOSS.

The surprise in Wada Hirayama's eyes quickly turned into contempt.

He curled his lips, revealing a cold, mocking sneer.

Even a Hell-level BOSS was not worth worrying about for him.

Especially one of the insect type, which had the weakest individual combat strength among its peers.

After the Abyssal Mother Bug Leviathan appeared, it did {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} not pause for a second.

Its massive, ugly abdomen suddenly swelled.

A visible purple ripple erupted and spread outward, centered on it!

The remaining Shadow Demon Worms were like those injected with a powerful stimulant.

Their eyes instantly turned crimson, bizarre purple patterns emerged on their bodies, and their flying speed immediately increased severalfold!

"Buzz—!"

Boosted by the Mother Bug's frenzy buff, the surviving swarm once again launched a desperate, fearless charge toward Wada Hirayama!

This time, their offensive was crazier and more rapid than before!

Wada Hirayama's gaze finally became focused.

The tachi in his hand spun into a flower of blades, and his figure turned into a silver lightning bolt in the air.

Every flash of the blade accurately met the incoming red phantoms.

He held nothing back; every slash contained the power to cleave mountains.

Where the silver light passed, the energy-enhanced Shadow Demon Worms were still easily torn apart like fragile pieces of paper.

In just a few seconds, the sky was cleared once more.

Wada Hirayama hovered in mid-air, his gaze like electricity, instantly locking onto the massive Mother Bug below.

He gripped the tachi with both hands and raised it above his head.

Vast energy frantically gathered on the blade, causing the ancient tachi to glow with dazzling light.

"Die, bug!"

Following a cold shout, a streak of silver Saber Qi, condensed to the extreme, shot out from the blade.

The Saber Qi tore through the sky, carrying an Aura capable of severing everything, and viciously struck the body of the Abyssal Mother Bug Leviathan!

"Pfft!"

The massive abdomen of the Abyssal Mother Bug Leviathan was actually sliced clean in half by that single strike!

Dark green bodily fluid sprayed out like a waterfall from the gruesome wound.

A bright red damage number floated above its head.

- 584399!

"Hiss—!"

The Abyssal Mother Bug Leviathan let out an extremely mournful shriek.

However, its next action caused Wada Hirayama's eyes to narrow.

The heavily injured giant bug showed no sign of fleeing or defending itself.

It violently flapped its tattered wings, and its massive body transformed into a black meteor, charging straight toward Wada Hirayama's position!

Something is wrong.

Wada Hirayama felt that this Hell-level BOSS's fighting style was wrong.

What difference was there between rushing toward him so rashly and committing suicide?

Wada Hirayama steeled his heart, and the tachi in his hand held nothing back.

Streaks of fierce Saber Qi poured toward the charging giant bug like a torrential storm.

However, the Abyssal Mother Bug Leviathan was, after all, a Hell-level BOSS.

Its hard carapace blocked the vast majority of the damage.

Trying to kill it quickly in a short amount of time was easier said than done.

The Abyssal Mother Bug was extremely fast, and enduring the overwhelming blade light, it forcefully charged to a position less than fifty meters from Wada Hirayama.

At this moment, its health bar still had three million remaining.

A strong sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Wada Hirayama's heart.

This little thing wouldn't be trying to self-destruct too, would it?

This was a Hell-level BOSS!

He had never seen, nor heard of, any Hell-level BOSS willingly choosing to self-destruct!

It clearly had a chance to escape, so why?

Various thoughts flashed through Wada Hirayama's mind.

Just as the idea of retreating and fleeing arose in Wada Hirayama's mind.

Not far away, the Abyssal Mother Bug Leviathan, already within striking distance, suddenly erupted in blinding white light.

It had actually self-destructed fearlessly!

In an instant, the entire world lost sound. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

A white sun suddenly rose above Takamagahara.

The light was so fierce that it instantly swallowed all color, making the sky as bright as day.

Following that was a destructive roar capable of tearing apart heaven and earth.

Boom—!!!

An enormous mushroom cloud, mixed with black electrical arcs and purple energy turbulence, surged up from the center of the explosion, shooting straight into the sky.

The terrifying shockwave materialized into a visible ring of destruction, frantically sweeping outward in all directions.

In the sky, the massive ink wash painting unfurled by Soma Kosuke violently swayed and shook under this brutal impact, and faint cracks even appeared along the edges of the scroll!

Below, several skyscrapers in the core blast zone didn't even have time to utter a sound before they instantly collapsed and disintegrated into primal dust within the blinding white light.

The earth trembled violently, as if an eighteen-magnitude earthquake had struck.

The smoke and dust dissipated.

The previously bustling district had completely vanished.

All that remained was a gigantic, bottomless crater, over a thousand meters in diameter, with molten, crimson lava burning along its edges.